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Buffalo House to Weather Rainstorms in Kansas

U of Kansas grad students have just completed their chic Buffalo House at Springfield in Kansas City, designed with a very elegant approach to sustainability.

We are seeing more climate conscious design in architecture: In this case; the rain screen.
A skin over the house is designed to manage and harvest occasional heavy precipitation, to provide protection [...]

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June 8th, 2009 | Posted in 3716 Springfield, Buffalo House, Design, Energy Efficiency, Energy Production, Exterior Finishes, Passive Systems, Water Use & Plumbing, climate adaptation, rain screen, rainwater harvesting, roof-integrated solar